Cabinet furniture



' Oct. 22, 1929.

V. W. MILLER ET AL CABINET FURNITURE I 2 Sheets-Sheet Filed Jan. 28, 1926 l 112 ILgi'. t VI awumabo' a VERNONWMILLER JACOB B.HOOVER Oct. 22, 1929. v. w. MILLER ET AL 1,732,431

CABINET FURNITURE Fileql Jan. 28. 1926 2 Sheets-$heet 2 mm VERNON WZMILLER JACOB B.HOOVER Patented Oct. 22, 1929 FlCE VERNON W. MILLER, OF BEIGE, AND JACOB I3. I-IGOVER, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO CABINET FURNITURE Application filed Jainism 28, 1826. Serial Il'o. 214,262.

1o herein.

The invention is embodied in the example herein shown and described, the features of novelty being finally claimed.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a view in front elevation oi the cabinet according to our invention with the doors closed.

Fig. 2 is similar view with the table and benches ext-ended for use.

Fig. 3 is a vertical section on the line III-III Fig. 1.

Fig. 1 is a similar section on the line IV IV 2.

Fig. 5 is a vertical section on the line VV Fig. 1.

Fig. 6 is a similar section on the line VlV I Fig. 2.

Fig. 7 is a horizontal section on the line VH-VH Fig. 2. i

The cabinet, in a general way, is of mantel eli'ect, it having three compartments extending vertically therein formed by partitions 14 therein the intermediate compartment 10 being the largest to receive the 5 table while tre flanking compartments 11,

11 receive the two benches or seats. The middle compartl'nent has a door composed of two parts, to wit: a main part 12 hinged at 13, 1.3, on the right hand vertical partition 1a, and a supplemental door part 12 hinged to the upp r edge of the main door part 12 adapted to fold against the inner side of the latter when opened. The bench receiving compartments are provided with doors 16, 16, hinged to the vertical end walls of the cabinet. Suitable hardware including latching knobs 30 such as are in common use are provided for latching these door parts and doors when closed.

The table is composed of two leaves or boards 17, 17 of rectangular-form having battens all around the margins at their lower faces and hinged together by stout hinges as at 19 so that the outer part 17" can fold upward against the inner part. The battens make the margins of the top thick so that where the parts are hinged extensive butting edges are provided to prevent the table from sagging at the hinged line when extended and loaded. The inner part 17 of the table pivoted by suitable studs or trunnions 2O horizontally engaging the partitions 14: near the upper ends thereof and the outer part 17' is provided with a leg; 21 hinged thereto at 22 and adapted to fold up against the lower side of the part 17 so that all said three parts of the table can be folded together and swung inward into the middle compartment 10 and confined therein by the door parts 12 and 12 as shown in 3; or F said table when said door parts 12 and 12 are swung to fully open position, can be extended outward to form the table as illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3. When the table is ertended as shown in said views the main door part 12 with the upper or supplement part 12 thereof toldeddown against it as shown can be swung to closed position as shown in Fig. 3 so as to place said door parts 12 and 12 out of position where they will interfere with the extension of the right hand bench or seat. The making of the table compartment door 12 with the down folding top portion 12 is for the purpose of permitting that door to be swung under the table while the latter is in its extended or horizontal position.

The two seats or benches are symmetrical duplicates of each other and a description of the details of one will. suffice for both. Said seat or bench is constructedof two substantially rectangular pieces of board 23 and 23 hinged at their lower sides together as at so to fold together by flexing it upward at said hinging connection. The inner or shorter part 23 of the bench is horizontally hinged between the end wall of the cabinet and the nearer partition 14 by means of studs or trunnions 25 engaging said wall and partition 14;, but in this case the bearing 27 for the trunnion in said partition is horizontally elongated while the bearing 28 in the end wall for the trunnion is rounded so that the bench when extended can be swung in a horizontal plane on the bearing 28 as a fulcrum to move the outer end of the bench from the table and thereby provide ample space for the entrance of persons between the bench and table preparatory to sitting, after which but still while such persons are standing, the bench may be moved to its proper position for sitting. Owing to the weight imposed on the bench by the sitters each part thereof is shown as provided with a supporting leg, as at 31 and 32, hinged to the respective parts at 23 and 23 to fold against the respective lower sides thereof. When so folded the bench with the legs can be turned into its compartment 11 upon its aforesaid bearings by flexing the two parts upward at the hinge 24, and held in such folded up position by a small spring '35 in the bottom of the compartment as depicted in Fig. 5.

The cabinet with its equipment as thus described can be attached to or built in a wall, as for example, of a breakfast room or it can be left movable and drawn out into the middle of a room or taken to any room in a house or apartment and used with equal comfort and advantage. The structure is compact and in its closed state occupies a very small space and it is particularly adapted for modern houses and apartments where space is not abundant.

The forms of the parts can be changed without departing from the gist of the invention as claimed.

.WVhat we claim is 1. In a device of the kind described including a cabinet having vertical walls and a table foldable into the cabinet, a bench for seating persons at said table, pivoting means connecting the bench with the cabinet for folding therein, said pivoting means consisting of studs on the bench and bearings therefor in vertical walls of the cabinet, one of which bearings is horizontally elongated, said pivoting means permitting the horizontal swinging movement of the bench in its plane when extended from the cabinet.

2. In a device of the kind described including a cabinet having vertical walls and a table foldable into the cabinet, a bench for seating persons at said table, said bench composed of two parts hinged together at their adjacent ends to permit the outer part to fold under the inner part, pivoting. means connecting the bench with the cabinet for folding therein, said pivoting means consisting of studs on the bench'and bearings therefor in vertical walls of the cabinet, one of which bearings is horizontally elongated, said pivoting means permitting the horizontal swinging movement of the bench in its plane when extended from the cabinet.

VERNON W. MILLER. JACOB B. HOOVER. 

